“A Way Out” Oil Painting - 22" x 28"

Painted/named from a poem by Louise Kaufmann.

The trees are stretching out to one another, barely touching, but touching nonetheless. The background is purposefully foggy, while the foreground is illuminated by the light. The palms, lovingly called "swamp palms" (my favorite kind), are thriving through murky waters. The pluff mud glistens in the moonlight. This is a scene I made up in my mind, filled with much symbolism. I created it to process heavy emotions and a hopeful horizon. I like to think it symbolizes two people who are connected by a tragedy. trauma or grief, finding the light together (the two trees reaching out to touch below the moonlight. While I often work from photos, this scene was one I made up entirely in my mind for the specific goal of representing the aforementioned metaphor.

A kind viewer summed it up best: “The darkness of your background along with some of your words reminds me that pain ought to be pushed as far away from us as doable, and in so acknowledging it in that place, we use our faith and hope to receive the joys of no pain, along with the new light that blesses us so. Your painting is so meaningful.”

Oil on deep canvas, unframed and with painted sides. Unframed.

Painting size is 22” x 28”.

Custom framing available (modern hardwood frame in your choice of finish, 2” thickness all the way around.) If custom framing is chosen, please add an additional month to month and a half timeframe for shipping. You will be emailed in regards to wood coloring choice. (Framed art still ships for free.)

All originals and prints come with the poem they’re named/painted from, in case you’d like to frame and hang it next to the art.

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Shipping

Free shipping to anywhere within the continental US.

Please note that we are about to leave for Italy for a few weeks, where we’ll be teaching painting. As such, all artwork orders that are to be shipped will begin shipping out the first week of October. Customers that choose “local pickup” at checkout will be emailed in regards to pickup. If not picked up before we leave for Italy, said customers will be emailed again upon our return to schedule a pickup at the end of Sept or early Oct.

Pricing

Chosen prices are a direct correlation of time spent creating. Some paintings take 10 hours and some take several months of 60+ hours of work plus dry times between layers. The value, rarity and ornateness of each frame (or lack thereof) is also taken into account.

Prints

Fine art prints will be made available for this painting in November. Please sign up for my email newsletter at the bottom of this page to be notified of its release.